Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,851, Reuben Fowler, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Fowler, Reuben
S. 44,851
CONTENTS

2894.7 Connecticut P 2894
Widow of Reuben Fowler, of New Haven in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company by Captain Collins of the of the Connecticut militia at the time for
7 months 15 days
Entered on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 o day of July 1832 and sent to George Griswold Guilford
Arrears to the 4th of Pension, allowance ending
32.37
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Rollins
Cler
Recorded by
Book 12 Vol. 3 Page 14

(Declaration — In Order to Obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 — State of Connecticut } ss Probate Court Guilford District County of New Haven }
On this 26 th day of July 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court for the district of Guilford now sitting Rubben Fowler a resident of the Town of Madison in the Probate district of Guilford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy two years who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That, he entered the service of the United States under the following Officers and services as herein stated — I entered the service of the United States as a drafted Soldier under the command of Capt. Noah Fowler Lieut. Dan Collins and Ensign Dan Norton in Col. Worthington's Regiment in Gen. Ward's Brigade of Militia in the month of October 1777 and marched to the North River at the time the Enemy's Shipping were going up before Burgoyne was taken or almost the time he surrendered and was in service one month, and to the best of my recollection was discharged by Gen. Ward, I next enlisted into a Company as a guard to defend the Sea Shore under the command of Capt. Dan Collins and  seven months, and draw pay and rations from the State granted by the Governor. This service was in the year 1779

In the year 1780 I enlisted as a Soldier under the command of Capt. Sam Collins for three months and marched to New London the enemy's shipping I think were then in Gardner's bay but soon left there for the Southward we soon returned and were discharged, was in Service about six weeks — The next year after I was on guard or in 1781 the enemy landed at Seabury Island in Guilford I then volunteered with others and ran to the scene of action about four miles and with the assistance of the guard drove off the enemy with the loss of two of our men were two wounded killed, and it was said the enemy lost about thirty killed when the enemy burnt the stores at Danbury I was ordered with the company of Militia to march to meet the enemy on their return to the sea — we went as far as Fairfield when we got there the enemy had gone off and the Militia returned I was born in the year 1760 the record of my birth is in my Mother's Great Bible — when called into Service I lived in Guilford and always have lived in Guilford till the Town was divided I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the presents and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State except that of the State of Connecticut
Sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid I am personally known to Capt. Abraham Dibble Nathaniel Foster Rev. Aaron Fitch & Abraham Chittenden who can testify as to my character & services
Reuben Elliott
Sworn and Subscribed before me
Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate

We Aaron Dutton a Clergyman residing in Guilford and Abraham Chittenden residing in S d Guilford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Fowler who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be 72 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion —
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Aaron Dutton Abraham Chittenden
before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate —
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, after the Investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Aaron Dutton who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in Guilford & that Abraham Chittenden who has also signed the same, is a resident in S d Guilford and is a credible credible person & that their statement is entitled to Credit — Reuben Elliott, Judge
I George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for Guilford District Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Reuben Fowler for a Pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of August — 1832
George Griswold Clerk —

Court of Probate for Guilford Augt 7 1832
Personally appeared before me Capt John E Stone personally known to the court, and a credible witness, and on his oath declare & says that he belonged to the Guard in Guilford in the year 1779 in Capt Dan Collins Company and that Reuben Fowler was a Soldier in the Guard at the time and served therein as he has stated in the foregoing declaration and further the deponent saith not
John E Stone Sworn & subscribed the day and date above before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate
10098 Reuben Fowler I Eben Munger certify that I was in the service of the United States in the year 1780 at New London under command of Capt Dan Collins and while there he was acquainted with Reuben Fowler who belonged to the Company and did duty therein as a Soldier and he has no doubt but what he served as long and thinks he did longer than he has stated in his declaration
Eben Munger
Sworn and subscribed the 7 day of Augt 1832 before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate
I further certify that E. Munger is a credible witness, well known to the court,
Reuben Elliott Judge

The Application of Reuben Fowler of Madison in the District of Columbia for a Pension under the Law of 1832 taken Before Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate Court
Reuben Elliott Judge
Whereas with the things is available before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate Court and subscribed the 7 day of August 1832 Reuben Elliott declaration did before me that he has that in his but which he served as long and faithful duty thereon as a soldier and has no record thereof who belonged to the Company and also and while there he was accompanied with the Union at New London under command of Capt. Dan Kelly in the year 1860
10038 Reuben Fowler

I Adah Fowler of Madison in New Haven County Wid e of Reuben Fowler Deceased Do hereby Certify that my Husband often mentioned his service in the revolutionary war, & particularly respecting his services on Guard, & that he served under Capt Dan Collins seven Months - but when he made his declaration through fear of asking too much he confidently asserted it to be at least six Months, but was afterwards confirmed in the opinion that it was seven, by Mr. Stone who assured him that they did serve seven Months, he then claimed seven Months & Mr Stone has testified that he served as he has stated -
With regard to his service under Capt Collins at New Haven he always told me that he served six weeks His sister who now lives in the same neighborhood with me has often said he was in that service six weeks & now says the same but is not friendly enough to testify to that fact -
in stating that service, which was done in my presence. (As my husband was confined to the house & had been for Twenty five years) he said he could not recollect the names of the Officers of the Regiment as they were all strangers to him Eben Munger of Madison Reuben's who has obtained a pension for the same service was with him & has testified that he thinks he served still longer, the term about must have been inserted accidentally, as Mr Fowler always spoke confidently of the length of that service My Misfortune is that He is not alive to amend his declaration

I have neglected to attend to this business, not knowing that anything could be done after his decease, but by advice of my friends I have who know that he was a Soldier of the revolution I now forward his declaration, Humbly requesting that it may be again taken into Consideration and if all or any part of the services are found to the acceptance of the department, that I may receive the same, if it be no more than six months or the lowest term for which certificates are granted—
Adah Fowler
State of Connecticut New Haven County } Probate Court — District of Guilford On this 18 th day of June 1834 — Personally appeared Mrs. Adah Fowler (at whose solicitation & direction the foregoing was written) and subscribed the same before the Court—
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this day & year aforesaid — George Griswold Clerk —
The Enclosed Certificate of Aaron Dutton I hereby certify to be Genuine George Griswold

I Reuben Elliott judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford hereby certify that when I was called on to assist Reuben Fowler in making his declaration for a pension, I was unacquainted with the business and Mr Fowler was confined in a dark Room owing to a weakness in his eyes, and Stinklip as he had been many years and his only method of communicating his ideas was by writing on a slate by the sense of feeling and by signs with his hands and fingers which his wife from long experience understood — I have no doubt that had he been able to speak, and I had been more experienced in that kind of business a more perfect declaration could have been made — He did not claim any other grade than that of Private Soldier — no mention was made of a written discharge, and he could not recollect the names of the General Officers under whom he served at New London in that time of duty.
Reuben Elliott Judge
Guilford June 19 th 1834

I have neglected to attend to this business, not knowing that anything could be done after his decease, but by advice of my friend I know who know that he was a Soldier of the revolution I now forward his declaration, Humbly requesting that it may be again taken into Consideration and if all or any part of the services are proved to the acceptance of the department, that I may receive the same, if it be no more than six months or the lowest term for which certificates are granted—
Adah Fowler
State of Connecticut } Probate Court — New Haven County } District of Guilford On this 18 th day of June 1834 — Personally appeared Mrs Adah Fowler (at whose solicitation & direction the foregoing was written) and subscribed the same before the Court —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of Office this day & year aforesaid —
George Griswold Clerk —
The Enclosed Certificate of Aaron Dutton I hereby Certify to be Genuine George Griswold

Rev. Aaron Dutton Certificate.

This certifies that Mr Pluken Fowler late of Madison died Sept 2 d 1832. At & his death is recorded in the bill of mortality kept by me, Hanson Dutton. Pastor of the First Church in Guilford.
N.B. Mr Fowler lived in the bounds of Madison, but he was a member of the First Society & Church in Guilford Guilford June 25 th 1834 L. Dutton.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Aug am August 11, 1925
F. C. Bissell 1009 W. Boulevard Hartford, Conn.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 44851 , it appears that Reuben Fowler was born in 1760, place not stated.
While residing at Guilford, Connecticut, he enlisted in October 1777 and served one month as a private in Captain Noah Fowler's Company, Colonel Worthington's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in 1779 and served seven months in Captain Dan Collins' Connecticut Company.
In 1780, he served about six weeks in same company.
He was out on the alarm when Danbury was burned also on other alarms, officers and length of service not stated.
He applied for pension July 26, 1832, while a

resident of Madison, New Haven County, Connecticut.
He died September 2, 1832, and the pension was allowed his widow, Adah, who in 1834, was living in Madison, Connecticut.
The date of marriage and maiden name of his widow are not given, nor is there any data on file as to children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Ypsilanti District Is Probate Court Aug 13. 1832 Personally appeared in open court Samuel Hotchkiss to the court well known to be a credible witness and being duly sworn on his oath Testifies and says that he was in the service of the United States on the North River at the time Genl Burgoyne's Army Surrendered and that after his discharge on his return home he fell in company with Reuben Fowler and that he has no doubt but that Fowler served in the army as he has stated in his declaration accompanying this deposition and further the deponent saith not Samuel Hotchkiss Sworn and Testified on the day and date aforesaid before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate

I George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford in New Haven County Do hereby Certify that Benjamin Elliott the Subscribing Authority to the Depositions attached hereto is a Judge of Probate for the District of Guilford aforesaid Duly Appointed & qualified That his Signature annexed thereto is his genuine Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of Office this 13 th day of August 1832
George Griswold Clerk

Montevideo, Minnesota. February 6th 1927
Pension Bureau, Washington, DC.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly furnish me with the Revolutionary War record of Ruben Fowler who was a private in Col. Worthington's regiment, Capt. Fowlers Company, Conn, Militia during the Revolutionary War?
Would like copy of his pension record and any data regarding his family.
This information wanted to complete family records.
Yours truly,
W. E. B. Dunlap,
203 Eureka Ave,
Montevideo, Minnesota.

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
President ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL
Vice-Presidents MALCOLM D. RUDD HON. H. WALES LINES GEORGE S. GODARD
Treasurer CHARLES G. STONE Box 847, Hartford
Secretary FREDERICK A. DOOLITTLE 117 Middle St., Bridgeport
Registrar F. CLARENCE BISSELL 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford
Historian FRANK B. GAY
Chaplain REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY
Necrologist LEVERETT BELKNAP
Trustee to National Society DR. GEORGE C. F. WILLIAMS
Aug 4. 1925
DELEGATES
Clarence Horace Wickham, at large Wm. C. Baxter Eli C. Birdseye Robert F. Bradley Wm. W. Buckingham William H. Burr F. Joseph Chatterton Frank A. Corbin Edgar J. Doolittle Arthur C. Klock A. McClellan Mathewson John M. Parker, Jr. Edgar L. Pond Ernest E. Rogers George H. Sage Charles E. P. Sanford Alfred Spencer, Jr. Major Charles H. Sprague Rev. Harris E. Starr Tracy B. Warren Martin Welles Herbert H. White Arthur E. Woodruff Rollin S. Woodruff
OTHER MANAGERS
William H. Allen Isaac W. Birdseye John C. Brinsmade John N. Brooks *George F. Burgess Louis R. Cheney Charles Hopkins Clark Albert F. Corbin William H. Corbin *Frederick A. Doolittle Wilson H. Lee William Maxwell Edward J. Morgan *Henry F. Parker *Charles A. Quintard George C. Ross *Malcolm D. Rudd Frank E. Sands *Charles G. Stone Earnest C. Simpson Harry R. Williams *Secretaries of Local Chapters, ex-officio
U. S. Pension Office
About a month ago I asked for the Revolution of Record of Pembroke Fowler, a pensioner re- siding in New Haven County, Conn. - in 1832.
Thus far have received no answer, else mislaid.
Truly
F. C. Bissell
F. C. BISSELL, Regr. Conn. S. A. R. 1009 W. Boulevard HARTFORD, CONN.

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
 President  HON. ERNEST E. ROGERS  Vice-Presidents  ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL  HON. H. WALES LINES  MALCOLM D. RUDD  Treasurer  CHARLES G. STONE Box 847, Hartford  Secretary  FREDERICK A. DOOLITTLE 117 Middle St., Bridgeport
 Registrar  F. CLARENCE BISSELL  948 Durrell St., Hartford  F. C. BISSELL  Historian  FRANK B. GAY  Chaplain  REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY  Necrologist  LEVERETT BELKNAP  Trustee to National Society  HERBERT H. WHITE 1009 W. Boulevard, HARTFORD, CONN.
DELEGATES
Clarence Horace Wickham, at large Edward W. Beardsley Eli C. Birdsey Robert F. Bradley William H. Burr F. Joseph Chatterton Frank A. Corbin Edgar J. Doolittle George S. Godard A. McClellan Mathewson John M. Parker, Jr. Edgar L. Pond George H. Sage Charles E. P. Sanford Andrew J. Sloper Levi T. Snow Alfred Spencer, Jr. Major Charles H. Sprague Rev. Harris E. Starr Tracy B. Warren Martin Welles William S. Welles Arthur E. Woodruff Rollin S. Woodruff
OTHER MANAGERS
William H. Allen Isaac W. Birdseye John C. Brinsmade John N. Brooks *George F. Burgess Louis R. Cheney Charles Hopkins Clark Albert F. Corbin William H. Corbin *Frederick A. Doolittle Wilson H. Lee William Maxwell Edward J. Morgan *Henry F. Parker *Charles A. Quintard George C. Ross *Malcolm D. Rudd Frank E. Sands *Charles G. Stone Earnest C. Simpson Harry R. Williams *Secretaries of Local Chapters, ex-officio
U. S. Pen. in offm
July 1. 1925
 Please give me - Revolutionary Record of Reuben Fowler, a pensioner in New Haven County, Conn. in 1832 Respectfully F. C. Bissell 
 F. C. BISSELL, 1009 W. Boulevard, HARTFORD, CONN.

44851
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 44851
Beuben Fowler
Priv. Capt. Col.
Co. of the Connecticut Militia.
Act: 7 June 1832
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 175-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1925-Aug. 11- Hiss to J.C. Bissell auct. 1927-Mch. 31- " " W.E.B. Dunlap auct.

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died 2 Sept 1832
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 7—
1832
Your
SIR :
I return herewith the papers in support of the claims of the persons whose names are hereto annexed.
These papers are in several respects defective. Each  The case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Mr. R. Fowler Madison Cont.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Reuben Fowler further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No see quote 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____ XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? _____ XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 3. 6.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement ; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.